Xavier Johnson’s flawless field goal shooting leads Hoosiers past Maryland
It all started with a Russell Westbrook-esque one-handed slam by senior Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson. In the first few minutes of the second half, that dunk ignited a spark within him and the team.
It was the beginning of the best half of Johnson's Indiana career and one of the best second-half performances by the Hoosiers this season to end a five-game losing streak on Thursday night against Maryland.
"When you get X going, that's a head of a snake for real," redshirt senior Race Thompson said during the postgame press conference. "You might say Trayce (Jackson-Davis) is the head of the snake, but it's really X. We go as he goes because he gets everybody involved. He gets everybody shots."
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